confirmation

[ kon-fer-mey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of confirming, or of establishing someone or something, as by verifying, approving, or corroborating:

   The study is an attempt at the scientific confirmation of previous anecdotal results.

   The nomination and confirmation of this candidate as Court of Appeals Judge is a step in the right direction.

2. Religion.
   1. a rite in some Christian churches, in which baptized individuals profess their faith, are accorded status as full members, and, in some denominations, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
   2. a solemn ceremony among Reform and certain Conservative Jews, admitting young people to adult membership in the Jewish community after completion of a prescribed course of study.
3. something that confirms, confirm, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence:

   His birth certificate served as confirmation of his citizenship.

confirmation

/ ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of confirming
2. something that confirms; verification
3. a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his or her faith and admits him or her to full participation in the church
4. (in the philosophy of science) the relationship between an observation and the theory which it supposedly renders more probable Compare hypothetico-deductive

Other Words From

• con·fir·ma·tion·al adjective
• non·con·fir·ma·tion noun
• pre·con·fir·ma·tion noun
• re·con·fir·ma·tion noun
• self-con·fir·ma·tion noun
• su·per·con·fir·ma·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of confirmation¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French and Latin confirmātiōn-, stem of confirmātiō; confirm, -ation

Example Sentences

Your Disrupt ticket number on your Bizzabo registration confirmation email is your key to access the platform.

From TechCrunch

She quickly scans all of them, looking for confirmation on starting the project.

From Search Engine Watch

It also adds a layer of protection against cognitive biases like confirmation bias.

From Quartz

We will send confirmations to the first 100 people who sign up.

From Search Engine Land

I had the opportunity to talk with him before his confirmation process.

From Freakonomics

But confirmation of that time frame has also been hard to come by.

From The Daily Beast

“We need confirmation that it is them,” she told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.

From The Daily Beast

The news is being taken as confirmation that Kate is fully recovered from her pregnancy sickness.

From The Daily Beast

I would have been delighted to shock any confirmation hearing with explicit and shocking stories.

From The Daily Beast

You get to browse full menus by phone and receive confirmation when your order is being processed.

From The Daily Beast

When the oath is given to confirm an assertion, it is sworn in confirmation of a covenant with God.

From Project Gutenberg

The design of thus using the number being to give confirmation, such also must have been the end of using the oath.

From Project Gutenberg

After this striking confirmation of my conjecture, I think no more need be said.

From Project Gutenberg

Their Confirmation vows seemed to make a link, and Meta's unfeigned enthusiasm for the doctor was the sure road to Ethel's heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Were any further confirmation needed for Massingers authorship, the metrical tests would supply it, with their 36 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• acceptance
• admission
• affirmation
• approval
• authorization
• consent
• corroboration
• endorsement
• evidence
• green light
• passage
• recognition
• testimony
• verification